Noun/Adjective Agreement:Gender Adjectives are used to describe nouns Most adjectives change form, depending upon whether the word they describe is masculine or feminine. The correct form of the adjective depends upon the noun it describes. First ask: Is the noun masculine or feminine? (noun)(adj.) (noun)(adj.) el chico bajoel perro cómico la chica bajala maestra simpática

Noun/Adjective Agreement:Number Adjectives also change form depending upon whether the word they modify is singular or plural. Next ask: Is the noun plural or singular? el gato gordo los gatos gordos la chica alta las chicas altas

Noun/Adjective Agreement: Order The order of the noun and adjective is different than in English. It is flipped. First comes the Noun and then comes the Adjective Casa blanca Camisa negra

Práctica The black dog The yellow house The orange cat

Other common rules Adjectives that end in -e do not change to “o” or “a”. They only change to plural. To form the plural, simply add -s. la chica inteligente las chicas inteligentes

Other common noun/adj rules Similarly, most adjectives that end in a consonant do change form for singular or plural, but do not change for masculine or feminine. To form the plural, add -es. la casa azul las casas azules

Other common rules There is another group of adjectives that does not follow the normal rules. Adjectives ending in - or, -án, -ón, or -ín also have a feminine form. el hombre trabajador la mujer trabajadora los hombres trabajadores las mujeres trabajadoras